Case Study 2
Case Study 2
Fig.1 Pre-op. Facial paresis on left side due to facial nerve schwannoma.
Fig.2 Mastoidectomy (green arrow) is done. Yellow arrow points at great auricular nerve.
Fig.3 Superficial parotidectomy done to expose extratemporal nerve.Facial nerve neuroma of mastoid segment seen (green arrow- upper limit, yellow arrow – lower limit). Yellow arrowheads – bony EAC. White arrow points at bifurcation.
Fig.4 Great auricular nerve is grafted between the proximal (green Arrow) and distal (yellow arrow) ends of facial nerve.
Fig.5 Three years post-op photograph.
The Heart Of Clinic
Dr. C. Rayappa MBBS, DLO, FRCS(Edin)
SENIOR CONSULTANT
+91 44 3315 1105
Dr. C. Rayappa graduated from Madras Medical College, Chennai, India in 1982. He completed his post graduation in Otolaryngology (ENT)
The Heart Of Clinic
Dr. C. Rayappa MBBS, DLO, FRCS(Edin)
SENIOR CONSULTANT
+91 44 3315 1105
Dr. C. Rayappa graduated from Madras Medical College, Chennai, India in 1982. He completed his post graduation in Otolaryngology (ENT)